My picks

January 7, 2017 Less technical Ben Zucker

Over the time I got myself a couple of lock picks and tools which I want to show you here.
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The pick bag comes from a company called spooXe in Berlin. I had a smaller one as well but I quickly ran out of space.
These cases are kind a unique. They are hand made and the material comes from recycled German nuclear fallout shelter hand towels. The ZS-BUND (German civil defense association) logo looks really nice on it, don’t you think?

From left to right. Most picks are in 0.025" thickness.

Worm rake from Sparrows
L-Rake (or City-rake) from Sparrows
Double pike from Sparrows
Triple pike (or Bogota) from Sparrows
S-rake (or Snake-rake) from Sparrows
Euro steep hook from Sparrows
Euro short hook from Sparrows
The next four picks come from the SSDeV. I actually do not know their individual names. They are 0.022" thick
Euro short hook from Sparrows in 0.015"
Euro steep hook from Sparrows, filed down to a little more steep short hook. 0.015"
Euro steep hook from Sparrows in 0.015"
Offset diamond from Multipick, they call it ELITE Hook Dental 2
Half diamond from Multipick, they call it ELITE Kleiner Diamant
Offset hybrid from Multipick, they call it ELITE Hook Dental 1
Curved right flag from spooXe, they call it ToolWave R
Curved left flag from spooXe, they call it ToolWave L
Small left flag from spooXe, they call it ToolDimple XL
Big right flag from spooXe, they call it ToolDimple XXR

On the bottom you find some tension tools

The straight pry bars from mad.bob 6 Piece Pry Bar Set in 0.8mm, 1.0mm and 1.2mm
Dog ear flag bars from Sparrows in 0.032" and 0.025"
The curved pry bars from mad.bob 6 Piece Pry Bar Set in 0.8mm, 1.0mm and 1.2mm
Tension wrench set with a twist, long and short end in 3,25mm, 2,8mm and 2,45mm
Smooth Rounded flat bar from Sparrows in 0.025"
Dog Ear Squared flat bar from Sparrows in 0.032"

All in all I am very proud of. There are still some tools I’d enjoy to have like some more picks in 0.015" or a small right flag in addition to the left one. But then I probably have to get myself an even larger case which would be the biggest one made from these special towels. Should not have given away the smaller case when I received my current one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯